2016 Presented by THE HAWLEY TROXELL WAY After a rigorous national survey, the votes are in – all five million of them — and sixteen Hawley Troxell attorneys have been chosen by their peers as The Best Lawyers in EXCELLENCE America©. The best and the brightest in the IN country providing the highest legal advice — The Hawley Troxell Way. Events2017 BUSINESS LAW IDAHO BUSINESS REVIEW Feb. 7, April 4, June 6, Aug. 8, Oct. 10, 2017 Forum 8-10 am • The Grove Hotel, Boise D. Jonathan Ashby Brian L. Ballard (2017) Litigation Labor and Employment (2005) Real Estate Law March 9, 2017 women Awards Dinner 5:30 - 9:30 pm • Boise Centre, Boise of the year Nomination Deadline Nov. 14, 2016 Steven W. Berenter Howard D. Burnett (2005) Employment Law Management, Health Care Law, (2010) Commercial Litigation, Corporate Law Labor Law Management, Litigation Labor and Employment May 23, 2017 Awards Dinner 5:30 - 9:30 pm • Riverside Hotel, Boise LAWYER OF THE YEAR® Merlyn W. 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Riley (2010) Real Estate law (2006) Corporate Law and Mergers & Acquisitions Law Breakfast 7:30-10AM • The Grove Hotel, Boise For more information go to idahobusinessreview.com/events BOISE / COEUR D’ALENE / IDAHO FALLS / POCATELLO / RENO / Call 208.344.6000 or visit HawleyTroxell.com Table of Contents Note from the editor ................................. 2 For information about other Letter from the University of Idaho College of Law ............ .2 editorial supplements to the IBR, email [email protected] Thomas J. Angstman................................. 4 P.O. Box 8866 | Boise, ID 83707 A. Dean Bennett .................................6 855 W. Broad Street, Suite 103 Michael Bixby..................................... 7 Boise, ID 83702 phone 208.336.3768 Joe Borton....................................... 8 fax 208.336.5534 [email protected] Matthew Bradshaw.................................. 9 idahobusinessreview.com Bret Busacker ................................... .10 EDITOR Anne Wallace Allen [email protected] Merlyn W. Clark ...................................11 SPECIAL SECTIONS EDITOR Bradlee R. Frazer ................................. .12 Jeanne Huff [email protected] Gabriel Hamilton.................................. 14 LEADERS IN LAW WRITERS Jordan Heller .................................... 15 Dani Grigg, Stephanie Hansen, Nick Jezierny, Chris Langrill, Carissa Wolf Linda Copple Trout ................................ .16 LEADERS IN LAW PHOTOGRAPHER Pete Grady Julia Hilton ..................................... .18 ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER Pamela S. Howland ................................ .20 Cindy Suffa [email protected] Neil D. McFeeley.................................. 21 ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES Rocky Cook Krista McIntyre................................... 22 [email protected] Christine E. Nicholas ............................... .23 Corey Wong [email protected] Allison Parker ................................... .24 GRAPHIC DESIGNER Jason West Andrea J. Rosholt ................................. .25 [email protected] Norman Semanko ................................. .26 ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT/ PUBLIC NOTICE/PERMITS Timothy Tyree.................................... 27 [email protected] Brian L. Webb.................................... 28 Laura Butler [email protected] WEB EDITOR PRESENTED BY Erika Sather-Smith [email protected] GROUP PUBLISHER Lisa Blossman [email protected] For advertising, email [email protected] SPONSORED BY To subscribe or change your address, [email protected] www.idahobusinessreview.com © 2016 Idaho Business Review Inc. All rights reserved Idaho Business Review | Leaders In Law 2016 | 1 Note from The Editor Welcome to the 2016 Leaders in Law all came to be in these pages. publication! This is the fourth year that And don’t stop there – every one of the Idaho Business Review has held this year’s Leaders in Law has a story. the Idaho Leaders in Law program. Law And every one of them is well worth professionals are nominated by their taking your time to read. colleagues, reviewed by their peers (past Our story is this: we are proud to honorees), and, ultimately, chosen by be able to bring them to life in this their own community. publication. After all, leaders become To date, including this year’s award who they are by the choices they make, winners, we have honored 87 bastions of grappling with the challenges they come the law in our state, including four who upon, the knowledge they acquire – have merited the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award: Donald L. Burnett, through books and life and from the art Jr., the former interim president of Jeanne Huff of listening to others – and the grace the University of Idaho; Lawrence G. Special Sections Editor with which they live molds, enhances Wasden, Idaho Attorney General; Scott Idaho Business Review and dictates their life’s work. D. Hess, Of Counsel for Holland and Their stories will inspire and enthrall Hart LLP; and Linda Copple Trout, Supreme Court and served two and as you turn the last page, you will who, among other accomplishments, consecutive terms as Chief Justice there. be nodding your head. Yes, these are … was the first woman justice on the Idaho Read her compelling story of how that Idaho Leaders in Law. Presenting Sponsor The University of Idaho College of Law ongratulations to all of the 2016 Leaders in Law honorees. The University of Idaho College of Law is Cproud to be the presenting sponsor for the fourth year in a row. I am also proud to see that many of our College of Law graduates are among those being recognized at this event. This year I am very pleased that Justice Linda Copple Trout ’77 will receive the lifetime achievement honor. For more than a century, the University of Idaho College of Law has prepared state and national leaders in law, business and public service. As our graduate honorees exemplify, University of Idaho College of Law produces “leaders in law” who serve their communities in private practice, the judiciary, government, business, education and public interest. Our law school continues a tradition of excellence with its statewide mission of offering a high quality/great value legal education to our students. In fact, we have emerged as a nationally recognized exceptional legal education value. In October we were named the No. 8 best value law school in the country by prelaw magazine. The ranking is based on percentage of graduates who pass the bar exam, employment rates, tuition, cost of living, and average indebtedness upon graduation. We are proud of this national distinction. Once again, congratulations all the honorees. Mark L. Adams Dean University of Idaho College of Law 2 | Leaders In Law 2016 | Idaho Business Review Photo by Pete Grady UnitedHeritage.com | 800-- 657 6351 | Meridian, ID UH 2016WomanoftheYear Compass 0216 HalfPg.indd 1 Idaho Business Review | Leaders In Law 2016 | 3 Firm Associated: Partner Thomas J. Angstman Managing Partner Angstman Johnson PLLC Boise so support staff members at his law firm; he’s often the one assisting them when they get stuck. In addition, he’s argued several cases before the Idaho Supreme Court and the Idaho Court of Appeals, and has garnered such prestigious awards as being listed in Mountain States Super Lawyers since 2010. In 2000, he received a professionalism award from the Idaho State Bar Association. Currently, Angstman’s caseload includes several cases of alleged fraud. And, he is preparing to go to trial in December with a case that has gotten a lot of press: the case alleges understaffing at a private prison near Boise run by Corrections Corporation of America “I am hoping that the jury will send a message to that industry not to come back to Idaho, ever,” Angstman says. Though his cases take up an enormous amount of time, Angstman’s law career is not his only major undertaking. Since he was a young man, he’s been a real estate development entrepreneur, and